Corn-knife.



J. P. MoREYNOLDS.

CORN KNIFE.

APPLIOATION IILBD SEPT. 23, 1912.

1,117,216, Patented Nov. 17, 1914,

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JAMEs'r; MCBEYNOLDS, or SIOUX crrY, Iowa.

onn-Knits.

Application filed September T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known tthat 1, James F.

residing at Sioux City, in the county of lVoodbury and State of Iowa, have in vented new and useful Improvements in Corn-Knives, of which the following is a specification.

' My invention relates to means for cutting corn stalks and the like, and the object of the invention is to provide a durable, simple and highly efficient device, by use of which the operator may cut and grasp the stalk with one hand.

The prior method of cutting corn for fodder and also for topping corn, by use of the well known corn knife, is very slow and impractical in as much as the operator must hold each stalk with one hand; or,

support it, together with the bundle of stalks being carried, with his arm, while the other arm wields the knife. This difficulty I have overcome, as by use of my device one is able to cut and grasp the stalk with one hand, with ease, leaving the other hand free to carry the load, as will presently be made more clear.

The construction and merits of my invention'will be fully understood from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, of which,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device 1 constructed in accordance with my inven-' tion, and as adjusted to the hand readyfor.

use; Fig. 2- is a plan view of the same, with the mitt omitted; Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same, with the mitt omitted; and Fig. 4 is an elevation of the back of'the device, with the knife removed.

The handle A, constructed of any suitable material, preferablv of sheet-metal, extends transversely of the palm of a mitt, or lining B, preferably of leather or other flexible material. In transverse section the handle is curved slightly to conform somewhat to Specification of Letters Patent.

Mo REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States,

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.. 1912. Serial No. 721,802.

the grip of the hand. One end of the handle secured to the end of the mitt by rivets 72',

which serves to keep the mitt in correct shape and also conserves the life of the mitt.

The knife C, of any suitable shape and size, is removably secured to the shanks a by short bolts 0, yet it may be permanently secured, as by rivets or other means.

As clearly illustrated, the blade depends from the handle at an angle of substantially forty-five degrees with the cutting edge declined from the heel forwardly.

In the practical operation of my device, the operator, if cutting stalks for fodder, strikes the stalk with the blade a sufficient blow to sever it, and coincident withthe severing, grasps the stalk and conveys the same to the other arm and proceeds to the next stalk. In topping corn,that is cut ting the stalk above the ears,the operator first grasps the stalk and by a downward turn of the wrist cuts it ofl.

I would not be understood as, being 7 limited to, the specific structure herein illustrated and described, for, without departing from the spirit of my invention, it is apparent that the device maybe constructed:

hand and inwardly from the palm, the plane of said blade n'mking an angle of approximy hand this fourteenth day of September, nmaely 4:5 degrees wlth the plane of the palm 719123, in the presence of two wltnesses.

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the wrlst. W. C. LONG, In WUIGSS whereof I have hereunto set E. B. LYSTEB.

flepies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

